Form, Tooth
- Object Name:
- Form, Tooth
- Object ID:
- 1990.064
- Creator:
- Central Tool Company
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Auburn, RI
- Date:
- 1910-1920
- Description:
- Set of tooth forms (swaging dies) for making gold tooth crowns. In wooden box with hinged cover; right latch missing. 150 steel forms (dies), identified by number and keyed to printed paper chart inside cover which has photographs of each form. Also includes four steel tools for making crowns. Chart includes directions for use and maker's name: "Made by / THE CENTRAL TOOL COMPANY / AUBURN, R.I. / (Patented September 27, 1910) / THE S.S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO. / SOLE SALES AGENT".
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-2 W-17.1 D-7 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Dr. Samuel Stahl (1892-1986), who practiced dentistry in Manchester, NH, 1916-1979. He was born in Poland and came to Lebanon, NH, in 1899. He went to Tufts Medical School, 1912-1915. He served in the Army Dental Corps in World War I, and as President of the Manchester Dental Society in the 1920s. His son, David G. Stahl, was also a Manchester dentist.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Dr. David G. Stahl
- Subjects:
- Dental equipment & supplies, Dentistry, Dental supplies
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